[Dixielandjazz] Re: Soprano (Ukulele) banjo movie star?

David Richoux tubaman at tubatoast.com
Sun Jan 29 15:50:06 PST 2006


Answering my own question - it was probably George Formby (unless  
anybody can think of someone else, that is what I will tell my  
listener.)

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/dennis.taylor/index.htm  is where I found  
some info.


Dave Richoux

On Jan 29, 2006, at 3:33 PM, David Richoux wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A caller to my radio show asked if I remembered a 1930-50s era male  
> movie star who played the soprano banjo and sang. The listener said  
> he was from the former Czechoslovakia and remembered seeing the  
> films when he was a child. He could not remember if the person was  
> American or from Europe.
>
> I have done some web searches with no clear results.
>
> Any  ideas?
>
> Dave Richoux
>
>




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